July 20, 2007: Gull steals Doritos

[Undertoad]

Shoplifter! The Mail does it again with a story on a Doritos-stealing bird.

The images are blurry because they're reduced from a security cam.



Apparently he only steals one kind: Chilli Heatwave Doritos.

"Everyone is amazed by the seagull," said shop assistant Sriaram Nagarajan.

"For some reason he only takes that one particular kind, nothing else will do for him.

"He's got it down to a fine art. He waits until there are no customers around and I'm standing behind the till, then he raids the place."

A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said the gull probably developed a taste for the chips by chance.

"Perhaps it tried some crisps in a shiny packet in the street and was just opportunistic at the shop when it saw what was inside."

I dunno, I think the neatest part of the story is that the gull has learned to let the other birds help to open the bag. He can't do it himself, so he has to get help, and then he has to share. He's saying it's OK to steal with humans, but with other fowl you must cooperate and allot earnings... it's only fair.

[Cloud]

he's slumming though--the "friends" are pigeons

[Uisge Beatha]

Sure, everyone thinks it's cute for one seagull to get chips for the whole bird gang. Just you wait, though, until it starts getting alcohol for those underage birds. Then we'll see who still thinks it's cute.

[Spexxvet]

Everyone is amazed by the seagull," said shop assistant Sriaram Nagarajan

Must have been the Quickie Mart

[Shawnee123]

Another reason I love birds. How funny is this?

Now, if they could just figure out how to steal some Salsa, I might join them.

Signed,

Jonathon Livingston Seagull

[Uisge Beatha]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Must have been the Quickie Mart

Yeah, run by Mr. Nag.....Naga........Na..Not-Gonna-Work-Here-Any-More! (Damn, I love "Office Space")

[Coign]

Finally I know why my favorite Doritos are always sold out now. Damn them!

[Shawnee123]

I love Office Space too. I was just talking about that. My niece, who just turned 5, had a birthday party with a pinata. The kids took their turns. After the damn thing finally fell, I looked over and Sophie (who is the complete opposite of her athletic older sister, all blond and princessy) was beating the hell out of it. I told my bro it reminded me of Office Space when the take the printer out and beat the crap out of it. Mike replies "What the f*** is PC Load Letter?"

[Sarasvati48]

Slumming?! Gulls are just beach pigeons! They hang about garbage dumps, and star in movies where they pluck peoples eyes out!!!

[DanaC]

Pigeons meanwhile are actually doves.

[Hime]

Hee... one time when my family went to the beach, my dad (a pretty big guy) walked over to Thrasher's to get us a bucket of fries, and on the way back to the rest of us, a seagull flew smack into the back of his head, then grabbed one of the fries out of the bucket while he was stunned. Seagulls are relentless when it comes to delicious snack food -- although personally, I'd take Thrasher's fries over Doritos any day.

[MalzB]

I think this seagull used to be a human but he did something awful so and evil sourcerer turned him into the bird. And the reason why the seagull likes these chips so much and goes great lengths to get them is because he loved them when he was human and knew where he could go to get them.

Ha. Yep.

[Sheldonrs]

I'm surprised Doritos hasn't signed the bird to a contract.

What would Tippi Hedren say?

[monster]

Originally Posted by Uisge Beatha

Sure, everyone thinks it's cute for one seagull to get chips for the whole bird gang. Just you wait, though, until it starts getting alcohol for those underage birds. Then we'll see who still thinks it's cute.

[SPUCK]

Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

I'm surprised Doritos hasn't signed the bird to a contract.

So true!! Bring in good cameras and do it right! I think it would be a hit.


I ate on our local wharf tonight (Damn fine Shrimp Louie smothered in Tabasco Sauce). Sitting right out side the window like 18 inches away was a Seagull that went into a tizzy every time someone walked by. Then another one came over and hopped up amazingly violating the the original one's personal space. (Believe me, seagulls have serious personal space issues!) The original hopped down and walked over to a bench which it hopped up on and kicked back. I started to comment on the odd behavior when the people at the next table said, "There's a baby one sitting right here." Sure enough it was momma and papa taking turns being on lookout. When we left we walked by,(at a distance), and there was a grey baby weaving about.